The Perfect Car List For a Game

[死の (Shino)]

Jaguar XJR-5 Group 44 '82

In the high-powered world of 1980s sports car racing, it was hard to stand out. It was a decade with Porsche written all over it, and venerable old Jaguar was one of the very few carmakers to break through that German dominance.
Highlights of Coventry’s return to racing greatness came with wins at Le Mans in 1988 and 1990, but it was this car, the XJR-5, that really got the ball rolling. In the early ’80s, Bob Tullius of Group 44 was on the hunt for a new car to campaign while Jaguar was looking to add some fresh credentials to its performance image. A meeting in Coventry brought the two names back together and resulted in a plan to build a sports prototype that would be competitive in both IMSA GTP and FIA World Championship racing.

The XJR-5, as it came to be known, featured a Lee Dykstra-designed chassis and Kevlar body with ground effect tunnels underneath, and under the engine cover was a 5.3 liter version (it would eventually grow to 6.0 liters) of Jaguar’s long and narrow V-12, in this case topped by six Weber carburetors were good for an estimated 625 horsepower.

Group 44 built the car for IMSA GTP and this example is number 001, the first XJR-5 and the car driven by Tullius himself in 1982 and 1983. 001 Took third in its very first race at Road America in 1982 and finished first overall at Road Atlanta and second overall at Laguna Seca in 1983.

More examples would be built, and of course subsequent Jaguar prototypes would carry on the fight in international sports car racing, but this car will always remain the starting point of Jaguar’s long-awaited return to international motorsports.

[Miao]

I really like the shape and lines of this retro LMP.

[Miao]

Lola MK6 '63


In 1963 Eric Broadley of Lola Cars (above right with John Wyer) created a sensation when he introduced the Lola MK6 (sometimes called the Lola GT). With an aluminium monocoque chassis, Colotti transaxle and Ford small block V8 it was probably the most advanced sports racing car in the world. It was raced at Le Mans in 1963 and showed enough potential for Henry Ford to buy the project, including the services of Eric Broadley. The Ford GT40 which followed was very closely based on the design of the Lola MK6 and many of its distinctive features such as the doors which continue into the roof to allow fast driver changes were originally seen on the Lola.

Three cars were built, two were Ford engined, but one had already been sold to John Mecom who fitted it with a small block Chevrolet motor - it was driven by the great Augie Pabst to victory in the Nassau TT (He later described it as one of the nicest cars he ever drove). In the following photos, the green car is the Ford powered Lola which raced at Le Mans, while the Blue car is the Chevrolet powered car.

[Miao]

Kia Forte Koup SX Turbo II '14


The Kia Forte is a compact car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Kia Motors since mid-2008. It replaced the Kia Cerato and is available in two-door coupé, four-door sedan, five-door hatchback variants. It is not available in Europe, where the similar sized Kia Cee'd is offered (except for Russia and Ukraine, where the Cee'd and the Forte are both available). In South Korea, this car is marketed as the Kia K3.

Kia released images of the second generation Forte for the 2014 model year in late July 2012. The car is completely redesigned with a lower, wider, and longer stance. The 2014 Kia Forte is believed to include LED headlights and tail lights as a standard feature, and will further Kia's driver-oriented cockpit design inside. To make it more fuel efficient, the Forte is offered with the new Nu engine, in a 1.8 Liter DOHC MPI 4-cylinder producing 148 hp with 131 ft-lb of torque, and a 2.0 Liter DOHC GDI 4-cylinder rated at 173 hp with 154 ft-lb of torque.

The car was presented to the public for the first time out of South Korea on Santiago Motorshow (Chile) as Kia Cerato, on October 3, 2012.

[Pinduca]

Something that pisses me off is when a game has a Bugatti license, why?

Well, the only car that they get in the end is the freaking Gayron, there are a lot of cool Bugattis that the games for some reason seems to refuse to use:

Bugatti Lucifer '11


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Bugatti Type 252 '57



Bugatti Type 59 '33



Bugatti EB118 '98



Bugatti 18/3 Chiron '93



All of them are ∞ better than the Gayron.

[Miao]

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Some of the pictures have too big links, so I'll upload them as attachments.

[Miao]

Italdesign 18/3 Chiron '99

The Bugatti 18/3 Chiron was a 1999 concept sports car designed by Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign. It is a mid-engine design with the same W18 engine found in the EB 118 and EB 218 concept cars. Bugatti named the Chiron in honor of Bugatti racing driver Louis Chiron.

Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign was responsible for the design with input from Hartmut Warkuss from the VW design center in Wolfsburg. In creating a logical successor to the EB110, they had the unique opportunity to style Bugatti's flagship model. Important design elements include the return of the classic horse shoe grille, inset front lights, converging front hood and an exposed intake plenum. All of these elements would eventually be integrated into the final production model.

Subtle details of the Chiron included eight spoke wheels wrapped in 20 inch tires that were similar to the cast aluminium wheels first found on Louis Chiron's Type 35B. Lighting on both ends of the car was cutting edge, with triple Xenon headlights and stretched turn signals.

Airflow management was a large consideration in the concept design. The small shoehorn radiator couldn't provide enough air for the massive 6-liter engine so a large aperture was needed below it. Much of this air was extracted though vents located forward of the front wheels. A smaller system was used on the side of the car for the rear brakes. Eventually it was these cooling systems that delayed production of the final version.

Aerodynamics were another key consideration in the design. Like the Diablo, the Chiron had a rear bumper with integrated diffuser. At high speeds a retractable rear wing was deployed much like the EB110 supercar.

Inside the car was stripped out, but covered in Blu Pacifico and Sabbia leather. Aluminium accents were used as well as a removable watch on the passenger side.

Since all Italdesign cars were built as fully working models, it should be no surprise that they utilized Lamborghini running gear. Specifically they sourced the viscous traction 4WD chassis from the Diablo VT. In 2000 VW completely revamped the body and chassis of the car with the Bugatti 18/4 Veyron prototype.

The 18/3 Chiron uses the same W18 engine, permanent four wheel drive powertrain that first appeared in the 1998 EB118, the 1999 EB218 concept cars and Bugatti EB 18.4 Veyron.

Power comes from a Volkswagen-designed, 555 hp and 479 ft-lb, W18 engine. The 18/3 Chiron's W18 engine is composed of three banks of six cylinders with a sixty degree offset between each cylinder bank.

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[Miao]

1200 cars, and the Italdesign 18/3 Chiron '99 was the 1200^TH.

[MadManCK]

1200 cars, and the Italdesign 18/3 Chiron '99 was the 1200^TH.

[Viktor Karpenko]

1200 cars, and the Italdesign 18/3 Chiron '99 was the 1200^TH.

Doesn't that means we got more cars than GT6?